A 23-year-old lady, identified as Amanda Uchechi Ugo has reportedly killed a policeman attached to the Imo State Police Command, Cosmas Ugwu. It was gathered that Ugwu was shot dead on Tuesday by his lover, a native of Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of the State. However, a source who spoke with PUNCH, disclosed that the incident occurred around 6:30 pm on Boxing Day at the Ezinihitte Area Command. The source said: “When police officers ran into the room to see what was going on, they found Corporal Ugwu lying in a pool of his blood. “The girl shot him three times in his chest and his left hand. He was rushed immediately to Evergreen Hospital in Ezinihitte, where he was pronounced dead by the doctor on duty.” “Nobody actually knows what went wrong between the two, but how the girl was able to use a police rifle successfully is still a surprise to many. Maybe, Ugwu was the one who taught her.” Confirming the horrible event on Wednesday, the Police Public Relations Officer in Imo St...

Map of Anambra State Armed men said to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, on Tuesday, shot a bank security guard during a shootout with the police operatives at Nkwo Market, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the armed men came out in large numbers on a motorbike and started shooting sporadically in an attempt to rob a bank and to enforce a sit-at-home order announced by a faction of IPOB. Reacting to the development in a statement on Wednesday, the state police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the hoodlums attempted to disrupt commercial activities and vehicular movement going on in Ihiala until a joint operative of police and other security forces responded swiftly and thwarted their move. Ikenga said, “Following the improved operational and strategic positioning of men of the command, the joint security forces comprising of the Police and Military at about 12:30 pm on Tuesday dispersed illegal sit-at-home enforcers from the proscribed...

Palpable tension has gripped Cele Okota axis and Mile 2 area of Apapa/Oshodi expressway as a yet to be identified policeman was stabbed to death by an angry commercial motorcyclist. Some policemen were reportedly in the area to enforce the ban on commercial motorcycle operation when they were attacked by the angry riders. WEXERES NEWS gathered that the Okada riders mobilized themselves and attacked the policemen. Rifles belonging to the policemen were also reportedly carted away by the angry okada riders ,who took over the expressway. Details later…

Raheem Bolanle A lawyer, Tope Temokun, has written an open letter to the Inspector General Police, Usman Baba, over the killing of a Lagos-based lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, by a policeman. Temokun, in his Tuesday letter, made available to our correspondent, condemned the killing of Raheem, asking the IGP to ensure that all police officials were made to provide medical reports of their mental status henceforth. The lawyer said Raheem’s case was only popular, adding that many innocent Nigerians had died in a similar manner, even on a daily basis. “Everything we had said in cases like this in the past had been said. The IGP had described the shooting by the policeman as unfortunate and ordered a speedy investigation and prosecution. The Nigerian Bar Association has also said it would ensure that justice is served in this case, vowing to monitor the case closely to ensure justice is served. But we need to introspect further and ask: What exactly will serve as true justice in this case? “We not...

Bolanle Raheem Outraged as a trigger-happy Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) shoot dead a Lagos-based female lawyer, Bolanle Raheem in the Ajah area of the state on Christmas Day. The unnamed policeman attached to the Ajah Police Station and his team were said to have tried to stop Raheem and her family members as they drove back home from a Christmas Day church service. Raheem, it was gathered, was shot when the car she was on tried to make a U-turn under the Ajah Bridge. The victim was rushed to a hospital but was confirmed dead. ‘Justice Will Prevail’ The spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the incident but described it as “unfortunate and avoidable”, assuring the public that justice will prevail. “The ASP that shot and two others with him have since been taken into custody,” Hundeyin tweeted on Monday. He also said the policemen will be moved to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Panti for further investigation. “The Lagos...

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc+, NPM, NEAPS, fdc, CFR, has directed the Commissioner of Police, Osun State, CP Olaleye Faleye, .. to investigate the alleged assault on woman Inspector Olorunsogo Bamidele by her DCO in Ode Omu Osun State.  ASSAULT: IGP ORDERS CP OSUN TO INVESTIGATE ASSAULT ON WOMAN INSPECTOR BAMIDELE The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc+, NPM, NEAPS, fdc, CFR, has directed the Commissioner of Police, Osun State, CP Olaleye Faleye, .. pic.twitter.com/PJs6yvPGAH — Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) November 2, 2022 We will await the report of the investigation from Osun State Police Command before necessary actions are taken. However we assure the general public that justice will be done in the case, to protect the core values and ethics of the NPF.  Thanks.  Muyiwa Adejobi, Force PRO, FHQ Abuja  2nd November, 2022.

 Police W/INSPT. Olorunsogo Bamidele has been allegedly assaulted by her D.C.O., ASP. Àjàyí Matthew, both serving at Ode-Omu division, Osun State Command. It was gathered that the SUPOL shot at her at their station in front of Police personnel and civilians alike.

Network, led by Comrade Chris Azor, said that instead of implementing the recommendations, the government set up what it called Truth, Justice and Peace Commission. Azor, who was a member of the #EndSARS Panel, therefore, urged Soludo to act upon the Judicial Panel of inquiry report submitted in March 2022. “The state government in its effort to address security challenges in the State should, as a first step act on the report to ameliorate the various injuries suffered by victims and their families. “This should be fundamental towards achieving desired peace and security in the State and indeed the Southeast region,” Azor added.

…as soldiers, security agencies arrest more prisoners There is heavy security presence at Kuje town where gunmen suspected to be terrorists bombed the Nigerian Correctional Center and released several terrorists in custody. This is just as the Nigerian Air Force has embarked on aerial surveillance to aid ground troops who are in pursuit of the terrorists in the forest.   So far the operations of soldiers who have been on the trail of the terrorists and the prisoners who escaped from custody is beginning to yield positive results with the arrest of a good number of the prisoners. The security agents comprising the military, police, DSS among others have mounted several security checkpoints conducting stop and search on vehicles and passengers.   Meanwhile the minister of Defence Bashir Magashi, who visited the facility said 600, and not over one thousand prisoners escaped from the facility during the attack as it is being speculated. Details later

  Osun State Police Command, on Saturday, said it apprehended a corps member, a supervisor working with the Independent National Electoral Commission, and one other over manipulation of ongoing distribution of Permanent Voter Cards in Osu, Osun State. The police also said 38 PVCs were recovered from the suspects. A statement by the spokesperson for the command, Yemisi Opalola, obtained in Osogbo, noted that its officers have also launched a manhunt for two members of the Peoples Democratic Party, Wale Ojo and Ijamakinwa Olaoluwa, for inducing the corps member to give a PVC belonging to a particular voter to another person. The statement read in part, “On 30th June, 2022 at about 1040hrs, the complainant reported at Osu Division that, on 29th June, 2022, at about 1000hrs, he went to Independent National Electoral Commission office located at the Atakumosa West Local Government Area, Osu, Osun State, to collect his permanent Voter Card but could not find it. “He consequently demanded...

Bandits have attacked a mining site in Niger State and reportedly killed security agents, civilians, and kidnapped three Chinese nationals. The attack was said to have occurred on Wednesday afternoon in Ajata, Aboki in Gurmana ward of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The Co-convener, Concerned Shiroro Youth of Niger State, Sani Kokki, confirmed the incident on Thursday. Related News  Bandits abduct Zamfara NULGE chairman’s pregnant wife  Three vigilantes killed trying to rescue abducted Niger villagers  Three vigilante members killed, others kidnapped in Niger community He said the bandits attacked the mining site and opened fire on the workers and security operatives. He also stated that the bandits kidnapped a yet-to-be-identified number of people including two Chinese expatriates. Details later…

RISING reports of rights abuse and extortion by police officers painfully bring home the reality that despite promises, the Federal Government has failed to reform the Nigeria Police and remake it into an agency compatible with a democratising polity. Almost daily, complaints are filed or reported in the mainstream and social media of abuse or extortion of citizens by the police. The government should drop cosmetic measures, dismantle the current circumscribed structure and build a people-oriented, decentralised policing system as obtainable in every truly federal system. Daily, uniformed officers funded with taxpayers’ money to protect citizens and defend their constitutional rights, constitute themselves as cruel instruments of oppression and harbingers of death, causing families unmitigated sorrow, pain, and loss. The Complaint Response Unit of the Nigeria Police Force reported that it had received 14,976 complaints against police officers since its inception in 2015. A total of 258...

  The Lagos State Police command has confirmed the arrest of two herdsmen who were responsible for the death of a man early Monday morning in Age Mowo, Badagry. The state police PRO, Benjamin Hundeyin clarified that the cattle herders mistook a man for the conductor of the vehicle which led to his death. Hundeyin in a statement via his twitter account shared: "A commercial vehicle ran into two cows this morning at Age Mowo, Badagry, killing one of the cows. The two cattle herders attacked someone they mistook for the vehicle conductor, resulting in his death. Angry residents blocked the highway in protest of the killing. The DPO, Morogbo Division, assisted by soldiers from 243 Recce Battalion, Badagry successfully cleared the obstruction. Normalcy has since returned to the area. It is entirely false that the victim was turned back when he sought refuge in the police station. He did not make it off the accident scene, let alone reach the station. Meanwhile, the two herders have bee...

An unidentified Policeman today dropped a video advising the Nigerian citizens to remember voting for people who have their interest at heart and vote out bad leaders. CLICK TO WATCH

On Sunday, August 6th deputies on afternoon shift stopped at 38th St. at Whipple Ave N.W to check on Shavon Newman who appeared to be working on an old rusted bicycle. Shavon explained to deputies that his bike was his method of transportation to and from work every day. He lives on Fawcett Ave N.W and he works at a restaurant in Jackson Twp. Unfortunately, his bike could not be repaired due to the age and rust on the bike. Deputies gave him a ride home so he wouldn’t have to walk all the way with his broken bike. Afternoon shift deputies were told the story of young Shavon Newman and it touched their hearts. Today deputies White and Miller along with Sgt Cook went to Shavon Newman’s residence to present him with a brand new bicycle. Seeing the excitement in Shavon’s face as he tried out his new bike proved to us all that if anyone was deserving of this small token of kindness he was truly the one. Keep up the good work Shavon your brothers and sisters at the Sheriff’s offi...

A police helicopter which took off from Abuja has crashed at the Bauchi Airport, the Accident Investigation Bureau said on Thursday. However, no loss of life was recorded, the AIB noted. “On 26th January, 2022, Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria was notified by Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) about an accident involving a Bell 429 helicopter with Registration Marks 5N-MDA owned and operated by Nigerian Police Force (NPF),” the statement said. “The accident occurred on 26th January, 2022 around 7:30pm (Local Time) at Bauchi Airport. “The NPF helicopter had departed Abuja at 16:54 UTC for Bauchi with Six persons on board maintaining 5,500ft “There were some injuries but no fatality. “The investigating agency, AIB-N needs and hereby solicits for your assistance. We want the public to know that we would be amenable to receiving any video clips, evidences, or information any member of the public may have of the accident that can assist us with this investigation. “The Bureau ...